Mead says the government hired JDS Mining to take over the site as a contractor, deploying the firm within 24 hours to secure critical employees and infrastructure.
He says the mine had around 180 staff and contract employees before the decision Friday by Minto, and that so far JDS has approached around 50 staff members with the intent to hire them to continue working on the site.
Mead says the government had already been monitoring the mine from an environmental perspective, and while it's too soon to comment on the future of the mine, the current priority is on maintaining the pits that store contaminated water.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published
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